The understated deep purple coupe looks not unlike many other lightly modified Accords. The same can be said for the new supercharged V6 Accord coupe we drove. We've driven both of these cars and can say unequivocally that they kick serious ass.
This time the blower is a centrifugal unit from Paxton, and it again adds a full horses to the S's already generous power curve. Fast forward to and we see the S augmented by another Comptech supercharger kit. And after exhaustive testing and refining, it's literally a bolt-on kit that can be done without any fabrication or custom work whatsoever.
It's not cheap, but neither is the hardware in the kit. The company established its record with the Whipple-supercharged NSX, adding more than hp to Acura's supercar. Comptech is no stranger to supercharging. After a year of prototyping, testing, tuning and evaluation, Comptech has introduced its supercharger kit for the J series V6 engines. Windows 5īut if you were looking for more radical power increases, you were largely out of luck. Up until recently, Honda V6 performance was limited to custom nitrous oxide systems or, for the less radical, cat-back systems and the odd header or two. Reliance on four cylinders simply wasn't cutting it in the age of V6 Toyota and Nissan competition.
It wasn't until that Honda inserted a V6 into its Accord. Today, of course, Honda owners think "B" when they think performance, yet another excellent four-cylinder design. From the earliest motorcycle engines which were actually fewer than four cylindersto its high-potency racing bike engines, to the hyper-efficient CVCC Civic engines of the '70s, Honda's reputation was sealed. Honda's reputation worldwide has been built on the valve covers of its marvelous four-cylinder engines.